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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

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Inverter technology that he developed has been used in John Deere’s 644K and 944K wheel loaders since 2012. Inverters allow a machine’s power train to run power between the electrical machines, acting like a generator or motor, and they convert electricity from AC to DC and back again.

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GKN to supply 500 electric flywheel hybrid drive systems to Go-Ahead Group for buses

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The energy is drawn from the flywheel and converted back into electricity to power the traction motor, which helps accelerate the bus back up to speed, generating fuel savings of more than 20% at a significantly lower cost and weight (60 kg, 132 lbs) than battery hybrid alternatives. When the driver accelerates, the system works in reverse.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 3/3/2012

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It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity. Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. The air conditioning evaporator is now able to be converted to my cold water heat exchanger. I bought an Advanced DC X91-4001. This is a 6.7"

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Toyota RAV4 EV key for meeting California ZEV requirements; Tesla powertrain uses Model S components

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The converted RAV4 is the result of the partnership between Toyota and Tesla Motors announced in May 2010; Toyota has contracted for 2,600 units. Twenty-two months after the project announcement, Toyota and Tesla engineers revealed the RAV4 EV at Electric Vehicle Symposium 26 in May 2012. The RAV4 EV. Click to enlarge. —Bill Fay.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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‘Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. There is a variance based on production method, etc.).

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California Energy Commission awards more than $1.8M additional funding to further UCSD microgrid project; energy storage, EV charging and V2G services are components

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Demonstrate that a DC-linked chargeport is more efficient than an AC-linked chargeport. The UCSD microgrid is a small-scale version of the traditional larger power grid; it is able to connect to the larger electric grid, but can also work independently. Earlier in 2012, the microgrid included: 30 MW natural gas cogen plant.

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Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

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At the Geneva Motor Show in 2012, we stated specific, ambitious targets for our products, production and the group. At the Geneva show in 2012, Prof. Ten SMA inverters and 5 transformers (rated at 1500 KVA each) convert the 9.58 MW of DC power to 7.6 MW of AC power connected to VW’s substation. billion (US$83.4

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